# Incident 20000120001009I: Piper PA31350, Fairbanks, AK, January 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2000, 11:15 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WVBA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3582P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3582P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 760 in this make and model, 387 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000120001009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) INCIDENT #AL012000006 PTRS #AL012000B3023  WHEN TURNING INTO PARKING RAMP FROM TAXIWAY LEFT PROPELLOR STRUCK LARGE PLOWED UP SNOW BANK ON EDGE OF PARKING RAMP.  PILOT STATED DUE TO SNOW CONDITIONS AND FLAT LIGHT HE DID NOT SEE THE SNOW BANK.  THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT STATED THE SNOW BANK HAD BEEN MARKED THE NIGHT BEFORE WITH RED WARNING CONES.  THE CONES HAD BEEN REMOVED BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON WITHOUT THE COMPANIES KNOWLEDGE.  ONLY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF LEFT ENGINE REQUIRING A TEARDOWN AND INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N3582P (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960312006409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960312006409I), Mar 12, 1996: Piper PA31350 (N3582P), Nulato, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot failed to lower landing gear which resulted in a gear up landing.
- [Incident 19930209008579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930209008579I), Feb 9, 1993: Piper PA31350 (N3582P), Nome, AK. Strong vibration on right engine. Shut engine down. Landed Nome. Found cracked cylinder in right engine.
- [Incident 19890320018399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320018399I), Mar 20, 1989: Piper PA31350 (N3582P), Nome, AK. Loss of oil pressure on climb. Engine shut down. Returned. Oil pressure line to turbo-charger waste gate was loose.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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